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GRAND PRIX RESULTS: ITALIAN GP, 1960

With the World Championship settled in favor of Jack Brabham and the Italian authorities deciding that the Italian GP would be held on a combined road/oval course, all the big British teams boycotted the event and the field consisted of the works Ferraris, the Coopers of Scuderia Eugenio Castellotti and Scuderia Centro Sud and a few privateers. To increase the size of the field Formula 2 cars were allowed with Porsche turning up with a pair of 718s for Hans Herrmann and Edgar Barth.

The Ferraris dominated with Phil Hill sharing the front row with fellow American Ritchie Ginther and Willy Mairesse with a couple of Coopers on the second row. In the race Ginther and Hill led while Mairesse was slowed by team orders to help tow a fourth Ferrari - an F2 car being driven by Wolfgang Von Trips - away from the two Porsches. This helped Giulio Cabianca to run third in his Castellotti Cooper. Mairesse eevntually made his way back to third place while Hill passed early leader Ginther to win the race. Ferrari finished 1-2-3 but it was an irrelevant result given the competition.